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Skin-walker stories told among Navajo children may be complete life and death struggles that end in either skin-walker or Navajo killing the other, or partial encounter stories that end in a stalemate. [2] Encounter stories may be composed as Navajo victory stories, with the skin-walkers approaching a hogan and being scared away. [7] [8]
Skinwalkers is a 2006 action horror film. It was released in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment and After Dark Films, and focuses on werewolves. Directed by James Isaac, it stars Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, and Tom Jackson. The film was originally announced for theatrical release on December 1, 2006, but was delayed until ...
Skinwalkers is a 2002 mystery television film based on the novel of the same name by Tony Hillerman, one of his series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest. It features an all-Native cast, with Adam Beach and Wes Studi playing officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn . [ 1 ]
Consider Navajo Skinwalkers. What non-Navajos would consider evil beings who bring illness, poverty, hate and even death, Skinwalkers may be taboo, yet they are a part of everyday Navajo life.
Skin-walker – Type of witch with ability to disguise themselves as an animal or turn into one. Squawkowtemus – (Abenaki) Female spirit that resides in swamps. Its cries lure people close. If it touches them, they die. Stick Indians – (Pacific Northwest) monsters who materialize from out of the roots of trees and bushes and attack men.
Skinwalkers is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the seventh in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, published in 1986. The film version, Skinwalkers , was adapted for television for the PBS Mystery! series in 2002.
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Skin-walker is a human/animal shape-shifter from Native American legend. Skinwalker may also refer to: Skinwalkers, a 1986 mystery novel by Tony Hillerman Skinwalkers, a PBS Mystery! episode based on Hillerman's novel; Skinwalker, a 2003 comic book published by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, and Brian Hurtt